Miniaturized deburring and/or chamfering tool with internal cooling

ABSTRACT

Miniaturized deburring and/or chamfering tool with a cylindrical guide sleeve ( 2 ) in which a blade holder base body ( 5 ) is arranged in an exchangeable manner, which has at least one receiving slot ( 20 ) for receiving and guiding a blade ( 6 ) arranged there, which is leaf-shaped and designed so that it can bend along its longitudinal axis, and which, at its free front end, has a cutting head ( 7 ) with a deburring or chamfering blade arranged there, wherein an internal cooling of the blade ( 6 ) and removal of shavings from the blade ( 6 ) are achieved by the fact that the coolant flows around the blade ( 6 ) in the receiving slot ( 20 ) on at least two facing sides.

The invention relates to a miniaturized deburring and/or chamfering toolwith internal cooling. Such a deburring and/or chamfering tool isdisclosed, for example, by way of the subject matter of DE 103 33 194B4.

In such deburring tools as are used, for example, for deburring or forchamfering bore diameters smaller than 4 mm, it has been found that thecooling of the cutting head and/or the removal of shavings from thecutting head is problematic.

It has been observed that the removal of shavings in such miniaturizeddeburring and chamfering tools is difficult, since, in spite of theminiaturization of the cutting head, relatively large volumes of theshavings are produced. With a cutting head diameter of 1.2 mm, shavingsin the range from 0.2 mm to 1 mm are produced.

From this it results that, even in the case of miniaturized cuttingheads, relatively large volumes of the shavings are produced, whoselength corresponds approximately to the diameter of the cutting head. Inaddition, a serious problem is associated with the removal of theshavings and the cooling of the miniaturized parts. First, there is alack of needed dissipation of heat at the miniaturized cutting headsback towards the tool body, and, second, the removal of soiling andshavings is negatively affected in that only small cross sections arepresent on the tool, in which the moving parts of the cutting apparatusare arranged and guided, and which become filled with shavings andsoiling and are additionally difficult to clean. This leads to jammingof the moving parts of the deburring tool, a negative effect onoperation and insufficient process reliability.

Deburring tools through which coolant flows are known in numerousdesigns. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,927,911A1, a deburring tool is described inwhich the coolant flow flows centrally in the deburring tool in axialdirection.

It is directed towards a deburring tool that is swivelably mounted in ahorizontal shaft. Due to the mounting of the deburring blade in ahorizontal shaft on the front portion of the deburring tool, furtherminiaturization of the deburring tool is not possible.

The same disadvantage also applies to the deburring tool known from DE102 15 004 A1. The coolant flow that flows centrally through thedeburring tool in axial direction, at the front tip of the deburringtool strikes a deflection surface, which directs the coolant flow inradial direction outward onto the two swivelable deburring blades thatface one another. Due to the arrangement of two deburring blades whichface one another, each of which being mounted swivelably in horizontalshafts, further miniaturization is not possible.

WO 9605928 A1 describes a deburring blade which is capable of swivelingout due to the action of the centrifugal force, and which is maintainedin its swiveled-in position by means of a compression spring. Thedeburring blade is held in a horizontal shaft, swivelably on the basebody of the tool, and the swiveling out is supported by a coolant flowdirected onto the deburring blade.

Thus, in all three above-mentioned printed documents, the disadvantageis that the swivel shaft of the respective deburring blade is arrangedperpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tool.

This prevents further miniaturization of the tool, since the swivel orrotation shaft arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of thetool requires an installation width needed for construction at the tipof the tool, which as a result cannot be reduced in size.

The invention is therefore based on the problem of further developing aminiaturized deburring and/or chamfering tool of the type mentioned inthe introduction, so that the process reliability is increased, and sothat sufficient cooling of the cutting head is ensured even in the caseof small diameters of the cutting head of less than 2 mm, wherein properremoval of shavings and soiling is ensured.

For the solution to the posed problem, the invention is characterized bythe technical teaching of claim 1.

In the case of the invention, the term “miniaturized deburring tool”means that the shaving length generated by the deburring or chamferingtool corresponds approximately to the diameter of the cutting head. Theratio of shaving length to cutting head diameter accordingly is in therange of 1:1 to 1:3. Furthermore, this term is understood to mean thatthe diameter of the cutting head of the tool is less than 4 millimeters,preferably less than 2 millimeters.

It is an essential feature of the invention that that coolant flows atleast partially around and/or through the base body of the tool whichreceives the deburring or chamfering blade, in the longitudinaldirection, and that the deburring blade, designed as leaf-shaped, ismovably received in an at least half-open receiving slot of the basebody of the blade holder, and that the coolant also flows through thereceiving slot.

In the case of the present technical teaching, the resulting advantageis that, for the first time, a miniaturized deburring and/or chamferingtool with an internal cooling by means of a coolant is provided, whichensures a reliable removal of shavings in the area of the machiningdeburring or chamfering blade. In addition, it is provided that thecoolant guidance occurs along the moving parts of the deburring orchamfering blade, so that their working and movement area is cooled andrinsed, and penetration of shavings into this area can be avoided fromthe start.

It is also provided that coolant flows around the deburring orchamfering blade in its receiving holder for the deburring or chamferingblade, in particular in its receiving slot in the base body of the tool,and is guided in the base body in a longitudinal direction forward up tothe cutting head.

As a result of the fact that the deburring or chamfering blade with itsswivel shaft is now mounted parallel—and no longer perpendicular—to thelongitudinal extent of the blade holder base body, the possibilityexists for the first time of miniaturizing the deburring or chamferingtool in comparison to the three above-mentioned deburring tools throughwhich coolant flows. However, due to the parallel guidance of theleaf-shaped deburring or chamfering blade in a receiving slot of theblade holder base body, which extends in axial direction, new problemsarise with regard to the cooling and the removal of shavings in suchminiaturized tools.

In order to solve these problems, the invention now provides for anadditional rinsing of the receiving slot in the blade holder base body,and, at the same time, the leaf-shaped deburring or chamfering blade isexposed to coolant flow from all four sides.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a coolant sleeve for guidingthe coolant is provided, which, like a sleeve, surrounds the deburringtool known from DE 103 33 194 B4, in the area of the front portion ofthe tool, thus allowing, on the inner periphery of the tool, a coolantguidance which ensures that the coolant flows in longitudinal directionthrough the blade receiving slot for the deburring blade in the bladeholder base body. At the same time, the deburring or chamfering bladeitself is also exposed to coolant, and the coolant flow oriented inlongitudinal direction flows over and past the cutting head exposing thecutting head there to flow both in radial and also in axial direction.

The result of the use of axial rinsing of the cutting head is thatshavings that collected in the receiving slot of the blade holder basebody, and that can have a negative effect on the operation of the blade,are rinsed away and, furthermore, the cutting head itself is rinsed freeof adhering shavings.

At the same time, the coolant sleeve at its front passage opening isdesigned so that a coolant flow in axial direction and also in radialdirection is expelled, so that both a radial and also an axial rinsingof the cutting head of the blade is ensured.

By the present technical teaching, an essential increase in processreliability is ensured, and a problem free movement of the deburringblade in the receiving slot of the base body is ensured, since thereceiving slot is always rinsed free of shavings and soiling.

In a preferred embodiment, the deburring blade is designed as anelongated leaf-shaped body on whose front free end the cutting head inminiaturized form is arranged. The invention is not limited to this.

Instead of a leaf-shaped blade, which is designed with flexibility,other blade types can also be used such as, for example, a blade thatswivels radially from a blade head as disclosed in DE 10 2008 0046 489A1.

In the invention, the receiving slot for a deburring blade or chamferingblade that is held in a flexible manner is used for the coolantguidance.

Another blade type exists, which has given rise to an industry standardunder the term of COFA and which is described in DE 295 19 893 U1. Sucha blade type can also be supplied with coolant according to theinventive concept of the invention. In this application case, the springis arranged in the base body, which is provided for a spring-loadedswiveling out of the deburring blade. The axial spring slot provided inthe base body of the tool is accordingly also used for guiding thecoolant. Since the spring is one of the moving parts in the tool, thereceiving slot is used for receiving the leaf spring as coolant guide,so that the receiving slot is rinsed free of shavings penetrating there.

In the above-described embodiments, the internal cooling of theleaf-shaped, approximately rectangular profiled blade and removal ofshavings from the blade are ensured in that the blade in the receivingslot is exposed to the flow of the coolant on all four sides. The twoflat sides of the leaf-shaped blade are the surfaces for guiding andmounting on the facing surfaces in the blade holder base body. Thisresults, on these flat sides, in only small flow-through cross sections,which, however, can be enlarged by arranging, either in the flat sidesof the blade and/or in the facing guiding surfaces of the blade holderbase body, additional fluid-conducting grooves that are oriented inaxial direction.

On the mutually facing small sides, large flow-through cross sectionsare formed in that the height of the blade (the distance between the twosmall sides of the blade) is smaller than the clear height of thereceiving slot.

In addition, it is provided that the blade holder base body is alsoexposed to coolant flow on all four sides—i.e., in axial directionpreferably over its entire periphery—. To the extent that the bladeholder base body for alignment and centering is received with smallradial play in a neck of the guide sleeve of the tool, flat portionsand/or longitudinal grooves are arranged in this area, in the area ofthe neck and/or the blade holder base body, which allow the coolant toflow through freely.

Other deburring blade types can also be used for the inventive concept,and, in particular, deburring blades which are such that either thespring element is guided in the base body and there is a certainmovement play in the base body, or the deburring blade is mounted in aflexible or swivelable manner in the base body itself.

The invention provides that the axial longitudinal slots arranged in thebody of a deburring and/or chamfering tool, which are for holding thedeburring blade and/or for guiding the spring element, are used forguiding the coolant in the direction towards the cutting head.

Accordingly, the invention is not limited to a deburring blade of thetype as represented below in the embodiment examples, instead, itapplies to all miniaturized deburring and/or chamfering tools in whichfor the first time an internal cooling is proposed, internal coolingwhich consists in that the holding or guiding portions either for thespring element and/or for the deburring blade itself are used forguiding the coolant in the direction onto the cutting head.

The invention relates to another tool, as an additional embodimentexample, for deburring and/or for introducing chamfers, which consistsessentially of a cylindrical guide sleeve in whose interior a springelement is arranged, which acts on a first holder which is attached in atorque proof manner to a one-armed deburring blade. Such a tool isdescribed in DE 10 2008 046 489 A1 or DE 295 19 893 U1.

It is important that, in the area of the guide sleeve, the holder of theflexible spring is used as a guide channel for the cooling fluid in thedirection toward the blade window. This embodies the inventive conceptof the invention, since the moving parts of the deburring or chamferingtool are rinsed thoroughly in axial direction by the coolant flow.

Here, the deburring tool is a tool which is intended for deburring boremargins.

A chamfering tool is a tool that is suitable for applying chamfers tobore margins. The present invention includes the two embodiments and,for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed in the following descriptionthat there is only one “tool,” which accordingly can be designed eitheras a deburring tool and/or chamfering tool.

Such tools are driven in rotation and have rotational speeds in therange from 800 to 10,000 revolutions per minute.

The smaller the tool is, the more serious the resulting problems ofcooling (heat removal) and formation of shavings are.

Therefore, the measures according to the invention are preferably usedin miniaturized tools as are available in the bore diameter range ofless than 4 mm.

The disclosure content of category-defining DE 103 33 194 B1, DE 10 20080046 489 A1 and DE 295 19 893 U1 is to be fully included as content ofthe present invention description.

The inventive subject matter of the present invention results not onlyfrom the subject matter of the individual claims, but also from thecombination of the individual claims with one another.

All the indications and features, including the abstract, disclosed inthe documents, in particular the spatial design represented in thedrawings, are claimed as essential to the invention, to the extent thatthey are novel individually or in combination in comparison to the priorart.

The invention is explained in further detail below in reference todrawings representing several ways of carrying it out. Here additionalfeatures essential to the invention and advantages of the invention areapparent from the drawings and their description.

FIG. 1 shows: a perspective view of an embodiment of a deburring bladeaccording to the invention

FIG. 2 shows: an exploded type breakdown of the tool according to FIG. 1

FIG. 3 shows: a section in a first plane of the deburring tool accordingto FIGS. 1 and 2

FIG. 4 shows: an enlarged detail representation of the cutting head ofthe tool according to FIG. 3

FIG. 5 shows: a cross section offset by 90° through the tool

FIG. 5a shows: the guidance of the coolant in a simplifiedrepresentation

FIG. 6 shows: a cross section along line VI-VI in FIG. 4

FIG. 7 shows: a cross section along line VII-VII in FIG. 3

FIG. 8 shows: a perspective view of a deburring blade

FIG. 9 shows: the enlarged detail view of the cutting head of thedeburring blade according to FIG. 8

FIG. 10 shows: a diagrammatic representation of another tool fordeburring with guidance of the coolant

In FIG. 1, in a perspective representation, a first embodiment of a tool1 is represented, which consists substantially of an approximately roundcylindrical guide sleeve 2, on the front end of which a coolant sleeve10 is arranged, which transitions into a cylindrical neck 11 of reduceddiameter.

From the front cylindrical neck 11, the cutting head 7 of the tool 1protrudes, wherein, in the depicted embodiment, it is still visible thatthe base body 5 which receives the blade 6 ends in a tip 36, and thecoolant flows out of a passage opening 8 arranged at the front end ofthe neck 11 in axial arrow direction 9 and also in radial direction, andflows through the cutting head 7 with the cutting edges arranged there,keeping it free of shavings and soiling.

It is important that the coolant flows not only over the blade 6, butalso through the receiving slot 20 (keyword internal cooling) in whichthe blade 6 is received.

This will also be discussed further in the later drawings.

It should also be noted that the base body 5 is held with the assistanceof a tensioning screw 4, which is screwed into a bore 3 in the guidesleeve 2.

FIG. 2 shows an exploded type breakdown of the tool 1 according to FIG.1.

There, one can see that, in the embodiment example, at the rear endside, the cylindrical guide sleeve 2 has a coolant inlet 17 into whichthe coolant is led under pressure in arrow direction 18. The inventionis not limited to this.

In another embodiment, it is possible to provide that the coolant inletoccurs radially on the outer periphery of the guide sleeve 2 or directlyon the coolant sleeve 10 or also in other areas, in particular thecylindrical neck 12 of the guide sleeve 2.

In the depicted embodiment example, one can see, furthermore, that, inthe guide sleeve 2, a stop 16 in the form of a transverse bolt ispresent, so that the base body 5 which receives the deburring blade 6abuts rearward in axial direction towards the rear.

The coolant channel 19 is preferably arranged in the center of thecylindrical guide sleeve 2. The invention is not limited to this. Inaddition to the central coolant channel 19 guided in axial direction, itis also possible to provide individual lengthwise bores, ribs or otherhalf-open or closed guide channels for the coolant in direction towardsthe front end of the guide sleeve 2.

The blade holder base body 5 which receives the blade 6 is alsosubstantially of round cylindrical design and it has a rear attachmentneck 14 with which the base body abuts in axial direction rearwardagainst the stop 16.

The attachment neck 14 of larger diameter is adjoined by an annulargroove 15 of smaller diameter, in which the tensioning screw 4 engagesand thus it attaches the base body 5 exchangeably in axial direction inthe guide sleeve 2.

The annular groove 15 of reduced diameter is adjoined by a portion ofthe base body 5 of a larger diameter, in whose surface a first portionof a receiving slot 20 a is provided, which extends from the backthrough the entire longitudinal extent of the base body 5 forward in theform of the axially extending receiving slots 20 b, 20 c.

The receiving slot 20 has three subdivisions 20 a, 20 b, 20 c whichextend one after the other in axial direction and transition into oneanother, and which are connected in a fluid conducting manner to oneanother, and, it continues to the front into the part 25 of reduceddiameter which transitions via a conical neck into a part 24 of enlargeddiameter, which adjoins in axial direction.

Transversely to the longitudinal extent of the blade holder base body 5,a transverse bolt 26 is arranged, on which the blade 6 having anindentation 21 engages and is securely held axially there againstshifting.

In the depicted embodiment example, the blade 6 consists of aleaf-shaped metal part, which is made of a spring material and whichconsists of a larger rear leaf body 22 in whose area the indentation 21is arranged.

The leaf body, which has an approximately rectangular cross section anda relative small design, transitions forward into a flexible blade neck23 of reduced width which adjoins at the front, wherein the cutting head7 is arranged at the free front end of the blade neck 23.

An enlarged representation of this blade is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9.There, the special geometry of the cutting head is also represented. Onecan see that the cutting head 7 is formed by a cutting edge 46 whichextends at a slant in a first plane and which is adjoined in a secondplane by a free surface 47, and the cutting edge 46 in turn transitionsinto a cutting surface 48 in a third plane.

Thus, the cutting head 7 is suitable for deburring in a certaindirection of rotation of the tool, wherein the direction of rotation ofthe tool is clockwise in the depicted embodiment example.

This relates to a rearward cutting of the cutting head, which depends onthe position of the cutting edge 46.

In another embodiment which is not represented in a drawing, it isprovided that a forward cutting occurs by means of a cutting edge 46 indifferent design.

In the same way, the invention is not limited to the arrangement of asingle blade 6 as flat blade. Multiple blades can also be arranged in acommon base body, in particular two diametrically facing blades 5 in thedesign in the form of a flat blade.

The base body 5 is also received in the cylindrical accommodation 13 ofthe guide sleeve 2 and is secured by means of the tensioning screw 4.

Now, it is important that the coolant flowing in arrow direction 18flows through the cylindrical neck 12 in the guide sleeve 2 and over afirst flat portion 40 into the round-cylindrical neck 14 of the bladeholder base body 5, which is received therein with little radial play.

On the outer periphery of the blade holder base body 5, a second flatportion 40 is provided, which reduces the diameter in this area andwhich adjoins the first flat portion 40 in axial alignment in axialdirection, so that the coolant flow flows laterally past the bladeholder base body 5 and over a conical neck 51 of reduced diameter, whichadjoins the second flat portion 40 in axial direction.

The conical neck 51 of decreased diameter forms the outer periphery ofthe blade holder base body 5 in this area and it transitions coaxiallyinto a cylindrical neck 24, where the coolant reaches a peripherallyextending annular space 31 and is distributed there around the entireperiphery of the base body 5. The annular space 31 is formed by theinner periphery of a coolant sleeve 10 and the outer periphery of thecylindrical part 24 of the blade holder base body 5.

In order to guide the coolant and to ensure that the coolant does notflow outward in radial direction, a coolant sleeve 10 is provided, whichis screwed with an associated receiving thread onto an associatedthreaded neck on the neck 12 of the guide sleeve 2. Instead of a screwconnection, a plug connection or bayonet connection can also beselected.

The coolant sleeve 10 thus completely encloses the base body 5 with theblades 6 held in the receiving slot 20 and it forms only a front,end-side passage opening 8 for the outlet of the coolant.

The coolant sleeve 10 consists substantially of a round cylindricalpart, which is made of aluminum, plastic or another suitable material.Starting with a larger diameter, it transitions via a first conical neck28 into a smaller neck 11, which in turn transitions via an additionalconical neck 29 into the front flat side in which the passage opening 8is arranged.

FIG. 3 shows a first cross-sectional plane through the tool 1, where onecan see that the coolant channel 19 and the coolant guided there inarrow direction 18 flows over the stop 16 and reaches the area of theneck 14 of the base body 5, wherein it is not shown in further detailhow the coolant flows past the lower portion of the base body 5. Thiscan only be seen in FIG. 5.

In arrow direction 32 drawn in broken lines, it is shown that thecoolant flows along in axial direction in the base body 5 in thereceiving slot 20, but also from outside around the base body, so thatboth an internal and also an external peripheral flow with coolant isprovided.

The flow through the receiving slot 20 is explained below in greaterdetail in reference to FIG. 5.

From FIG. 3, one can see that the outer periphery of the base body 5 isalso exposed to flow around it in the area of the flow channels 33 whichappear, in longitudinal direction, as a gap between the inner peripheryof the coolant sleeve 10 and the outer periphery of the base body 5.

It is only for the sake of completeness that it is also shown that theblade 6 does not abut with its rear axial end against the base body 5,but that it encounters instead a free space 30 there, so that the blade5 is received almost completely in the receiving slot 20 of the basebody 5 and swivels there at an angle relative to the axial longitudinalextent. According to the invention, the coolant flows through thisreceiving slot 20, and as a result prevents the penetration of shavings,which would have a negative effect on the swivel path of the blade 6.

The spring action of the blade 6 for deburring bores or for chamferingbores occurs in the area of the blade neck 23 which has a flexibledesign and swivels in the receiving slot 20. In the mechanicalequivalent diagram, it is represented as a bending beam clamped in onone side.

Accordingly, the cutting head 7 can swivel in radial direction 52 intothe receiving slot 20 c on the front tip 36 of the base body 5, or it isheld, spring loaded, in the deburring or contact position shown in FIG.3, and is thus moved with its cutting head 7 radially outward so that itprotrudes over the tip 36.

FIG. 3 moreover shows, also diagrammatically, a workpiece 34 with a bore35, through which the cutting head 7 can be moved, wherein the bore 35is deburred or chamfered in the rearward movement on the bore margin.

FIG. 4 shows, in an enlarged representation, the detail according toFIG. 3 with the coolant guidance in the area of the cutting head. There,one can see that the channel 33 narrows conically in the forwarddirection and forms a passage opening 8 b, wherein one passage opening 8b is at the top and the other passage opening 8 a is at the bottom. Thedesign of the different passage openings 8 a, 8 b depends on thespringiness of the blade neck 23.

If the blade neck 23 springs upward, then the upper passage opening 8 ais open and the lower passage opening 8 b is substantially closed.

On the other hand, if the blade neck 23 springs downward in arrowdirection 52, then the lower passage opening 8 b opens and the upperpassage opening 8 a closes.

It is also indicated that the passage openings 8 a, 8 b themselves areconnected to one another on the periphery, resulting in an approximatelyoval shaping.

The flow channel 33 leads in a forward direction into the passageopenings 8 a, 8 b, which are connected to one another on the peripheryin a continuous and fluid conducting manner, so that at first a firstcoolant jet exits in arrow direction 38 from the passage openings 8 a, 8b and then flows over the rear portion of the blade neck 23 keeping itfree of shavings.

In this manner, in this area, the entire receiving slot 20, by means ofwhich the blade neck 23 sits on the base body 5, is rinsed free, so thatno shavings can collect there. The arrow direction 38 is located behindthe workpiece bore 35.

However, the coolant jet continues in arrow direction 42 and flowsthrough a longitudinal channel 41 formed by the outer periphery of theblade 6 and the receiving slot 20 c in the base body 5.

Thus, the coolant jet also flows out directly at the front in the gapbetween the cutting head 7 and the tip 36 of the base body, inparticular in the arrow direction 39 drawn there, at a slant forward inradial and also in axial direction. In this manner, it is ensured that,in this area, no shavings and no soiling can be deposited, because thereis a fluid conducting connection of the coolant up to the tip 36 of thebase body 5, wherein the coolant flows along both over the base body 5at its outer periphery and also in the inner area over the receivingslot 20, 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, resulting in an internal cooling according tothe invention.

In FIG. 5, a cross section offset by 90° in comparison to FIG. 3 isrepresented, in which the coolant guidance can be seen. The coolant,which flows in arrow direction 18 around the blade holder base body 5,flows forward over a flat portion 40 of the blade holder base body 5 atthe outer periphery of the blade holder base body 5, and it arrives overthe one longitudinal channel 41 which is formed by the flat portion 40and the inner periphery of the guide sleeve 2. The coolant flows forwarduntil it reaches the peripherally extending annular space 31, where thecoolant is distributed over the entire periphery of the blade holderbase body 5 and thus also penetrates into the receiving slot 20.

Thus, from the annular space 31 on, the receiving slot 20 b and thefluid-conducting receiving slot 20 c adjoining it for the movableaccommodation of the blade 6 are rinsed in axial direction.

It is also shown that the coolant flows out behind the bore in arrowdirection 38 and also in front of the bore in arrow direction 39.

Since the coolant outflow behind the bore depends on the springiness ofthe cutting head 7, the arrow direction 38 was differentiated from thearrow direction 37, since the coolant exits in different quantities inthese areas depending on the time.

Leaving off the body edges of the tool, FIG. 5a shows only the coolantguidance in a highly simplified form. The coolant is thus led forward inaxial arrow direction 18 through the central coolant channel 19, againstthe rear end side of the blade holder base body 5. There, the coolantflow is divided into two coolant flows separated from one another,wherein a lower coolant flow flows into the longitudinal channel 41which is formed by the flat portion 40 on the blade holder base body 5and the facing surface of the guide sleeve 2.

The other portion of the coolant flows further into the receiving slot20 in arrow direction 18, namely into the beginning of the receivingslot 20 a in which the leaf-shaped blade 6 is movably mounted. Themovement of the plate-shaped blades results from its bendability. Thereis no swiveling about a mounting shaft.

The coolant flow in the receiving slot 20 thus flows through all theparts 20 a, 20 b, 20 c, which are connected together in an aligning andfluid conducting manner, of the receiving slot 20 in the blade holderbase body 5, so that the bendable mounted blade 6 is exposed toperipheral flow from all four sides.

The front part 20 c of the receiving slot 20 ends after the cutting head7 of the blade 6, so that the front part 20 c extends beyond the cuttinghead 7 and the coolant also flows in axial direction in front of thecutting head 7 out of the receiving slot 20 c in arrow direction 39.

FIG. 5 also shows the path of the coolant flow which flows radiallyoutward through the longitudinal channel 41 and leads into aperipherally extending annular space 31, and which flows in axialdirection forward out through the longitudinal channels 33 which areformed by the outer periphery of the blade holder base body 5 and theinner periphery of the coolant sleeve 10. Thus, the coolant is guidedforward at the outer periphery of the blade holder base body 5 in theperipherally extending flow channel 33 in the direction towards theoutflow end, where it flows out of the coolant sleeve 10 in the arrowdirection 37, 38 in front of the cutting head 7 of the blade 6.

FIG. 6 shows a cross section in the direction of the arrow VI-VI in FIG.4 through the cutting head, where one can see that flow cross sections20 c are present due to the flattening of the blade neck 23 behind thecutting head 7. To simplify the drawing, the front view of the coolantsleeve 10 is not shown in the plane of the drawing of FIG. 6.

Furthermore, one can see that the coolant, next to the large-surfaceflow cross sections, drawn at 8 b, flows out in arrow direction 42 a, 42b perpendicularly to the plane of the drawing.

It is also shown that, in the lateral areas, where the mounting andmovement guidance of the blade 6 occurs, additional passage crosssections 43 are present, through which coolant flows as well. Thus, theguiding surfaces for guiding the blade 6 are also rinsed in axialdirection.

In a refinement of the invention, it is possible to provide that, in theblade holder base body 5, in the direction of the passage cross section43, which is designed to be relatively small for the guidance of theblade 6, additional longitudinal ribs 45 can also be provided for theguidance of the flow of the coolant.

In addition to these longitudinal ribs 45 or instead of the longitudinalribs 45, it is also possible to provide, in another embodiment, that inthe blade 6 itself, and namely in the area of the blade neck 23,longitudinal ribs 44 that are open towards the outside are alsoarranged, which can be complementary with the base body-sidelongitudinal ribs 45 or are arranged separately.

The depicted features with reference numerals 43, 44, 45 are onlyrepresented in broken lines, since they may be present in an optionalform. However, they can also be omitted.

FIG. 7 shows a cross section along line VII-VII in FIG. 3, where, a cutis made through the neck of the coolant sleeve 10 on the guide sleeve 2.The guidance of the coolant along the blade holder base body 5 will beexplained once more.

One can see that the blade holder base body 5 can have a flat portion40, so that the coolant flows along in the longitudinal channel 41formed thereby. The longitudinal channel is formed by the outerperiphery of the flattened portion of the base body 5 and the innerperiphery of the guide sleeve 2.

Instead of or in addition to providing one or more flat portions 40 onthe outer periphery of the blade holder base body 5, the other featuresdescribed below can also be provided.

It is only represented in broken lines that, on the outer periphery ofthe blade holder base body 5, additional longitudinal channels 50 whichare completely continuous in longitudinal direction can be provided, orthat, instead of the longitudinal channels 50, one or more longitudinalchannels 49 are arranged on the inner periphery of the guide sleeve 2.

It is also possible to provide, in another representation, that thelongitudinal channels 49, 50 face one another thus forming the largestpossible passage cross section for the coolant.

Likewise, it is possible to provide that the longitudinal channels 49,50 are arranged evenly distributed over the periphery.

FIG. 9 shows, in an enlarged representation, a preferred embodiment of ablade, as already explained in reference to FIG. 2.

In FIG. 9, the cutting head 7 is represented enlarged, where one can seethat the cutting surface 46 is arranged extending at a slant and that itis mounted above a free surface 47.

The cutting surface 48 adjoins the free surface 47 at an angle.

In FIG. 10, identical parts and functions are provided with the samereference numerals.

FIG. 10 shows, as additional embodiment example, another tool fordeburring and for introducing chamfers, in which the rotatably mountedblade 54 is pushed or pulled in radial direction in or out of acylindrically shaped blade holder 55. This occurs due to the force of aflexible spring 53 and the guiding of the flexible spring 53 in alongitudinal channel 56 in the blade holder 55. The coolant 57 is guidedin arrow direction 58 onto the blade window 59 in the longitudinalchannel 56. Along the cross section line VI-VI in FIG. 10, this resultsin the same flow geometry as described above in reference to FIG. 6. Thecoolant channel 19 is designed as a double channel and the two channelsare guided so that they face one another radially outward from thecentral bore. In the central bore, the guidance of the flexible spring53 is arranged.

Thus, it is clear from the embodiment example of FIGS. 3 and 10, thatthe invention is not limited to a miniaturized deburring tool with aleaf-shaped blade whose cutting head is movably pretensioned via aflexible blade neck, but that the invention instead also relates toother deburring and chamfering tools with larger outer diameter eachallowing a guidance of the coolant in the guide sleeve in the directionof the blade window.

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1 Tool

2 Guide sleeve

3 Bore

4 Tensioning screw

5 (Blade holder) base body

6 Blade

7 Cutting head

8 Passage opening a, b

9 Arrow direction

10 Coolant sleeve

11 Neck (of 10)

12 Neck (of 2)

13 Accommodation

14 Securing neck (of 5)

15 Annular groove

16 Stop

17 Coolant inlet

18 Arrow direction

19 Coolant channel

20 Receiving slot a, b, c

21 Indentation

22 Leaf body

23 Blade neck

24 Part (of 5)

25 Part (of 5)

26 Transverse bolt

27 Receiving thread (of 10)

28 Cone (of 10)

29 Conical neck

30 Free space

31 Annular space

32 Arrow direction

33 Flow channel

34 Workpiece

35 Bore

36 Tip (of 5)

37 Arrow direction

38 Arrow direction

39 Arrow direction

40 Flat portion

41 Longitudinal channel

42 Arrow direction a, b

43 Passage cross section

44 Longitudinal rib (of 6)

45 Longitudinal rib (of 5)

46 Cutting edge

47 Free surface

48 Cutting surface

49 Longitudinal channel (in 2)

50 Longitudinal channel (in 5)

51 Conical neck

52 Arrow direction

53 Flexible spring

54 Blade

55 Blade holder

56 Longitudinal channel

57 Coolant

58 Arrow direction

59 Blade window

The invention claimed is:
 1. Miniaturized deburring and/or chamfering tool with a cylindrical guide sleeve in which a blade holder base body is arranged in an exchangeable manner, which has at least one receiving slot for receiving and guiding a blade arranged there, which is leaf-shaped and designed so that it can bend along its longitudinal axis, and which, at its free front end, has a cutting head with a deburring or chamfering blade arranged there, the leaf-shaped blade configured to permit movement of the cutting head generally radially relative to a longitudinal axis of the tool out of the slot to an extended deburring/chamfering position and into the slot to a retracted non-deburring/chamfering position, wherein an internal cooling of the blade and removal of shavings from the blade are achieved by coolant flowing around the blade in the receiving slot on at least two facing sides.
 2. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 1, wherein coolant flows at least partially around and/or through the blade holder base body of the tool, which receives the deburring or chamfering blade, in a longitudinal direction and on its outer periphery, in that the deburring or chamfering blade is designed as leaf-shaped and is received bendably in the at least half-open receiving slot of the blade holder base body, and in that the coolant is streamed through the receiving slot.
 3. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a coolant sleeve for guiding the coolant is provided, which encloses a front tool portion like a sleeve.
 4. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 3, wherein the coolant sleeve is designed at a front passage opening thereof so that both a coolant flow directed in an axial direction and also a coolant flow directed in a radial direction are expelled.
 5. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 4, wherein the coolant flow exiting the passage opening of the coolant sleeve in the axial direction is directed against a bore to be machined.
 6. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 5, wherein the coolant also flows around the blade holder base body in the axial direction on all four sides over an entire periphery thereof.
 7. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 3, wherein the coolant sleeve is attached detachably to a neck of the guide sleeve of the tool.
 8. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 7, wherein the coolant sleeve encloses the blade holder base body at least on the tip side and forms only a front, end-side passage opening for the outlet of the coolant.
 9. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 1, wherein the coolant is led in an axial direction through a central coolant channel forward, against a rear end side of the blade holder base body, and there it can be divided into two coolant flows separated from one another, wherein one coolant flow flows into a longitudinal channel, which is formed by a flat portion on the blade holder base body and a facing surface of the guide sleeve.
 10. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 9, wherein the other coolant flow is introduced in an axial direction into a start of the receiving slot in which the leaf-shaped blade is movably mounted.
 11. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 1, wherein the blade holder base body has two blades therein, the respective cutting heads of which are diametrically opposed.
 12. Deburring or chamfering tool according to claim 1, wherein the blade includes a notch therein and the base body includes a cross bolt therein, the notch receiving the cross bolt to secure the blade against axial displacement. 